Abstract
Tourism being observed as a supply chain, this article describe its practices under a conceptual research framework with a special reference to education tourism. The author projects the education tourism as a continuum where both service supply chains of education and tourism are integrated. The research implication is directed towards the cross-sectoral objectives of communities involving the tourists, students and destination communities. The original thoughts and value propositions in this research are portrayed as a supply chain framework. Unlike goods supply chain management, the service supply chain of education tourism grows complex due to the coexistence of the overlapping service objectives for education and tourism. Education tourism deals with students and tourists frequently interchanging their roles; leveraging the services of the vendors and outsourced partners. The increasing complexity of education tourism demands smart technology applications to manage it as an integrated total supply chain.
Highlights
A traditional supply chain of goods links suppliers through procurement, fulfillment and distribution, until the end-users or customers
If we look at the edu-tourism with a supply chain view, it executes Mixing of students coming from different locations to a university or institution
Intelligent information systems built around the student lifecycle can enable edu-tourism to track and trace their interest irrespective of location and movements similar to use of smart devices and technologies in supply chains
Summary
A traditional supply chain of goods links suppliers through procurement, fulfillment and distribution, until the end-users or customers. Continuum, Education, Framework, Integration, Service, Supply, Tourism Table-1 shows the graphical and descriptive illustration of the traditional supply chain for goods and services in tourism and education industry.
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